[Mac OS X TeX] TEX -> EPDF?

[Maarten Sneep]

Hi all,

On 06-Dec-01 Claus Gerhardt wrote:
# >So, I'm curious whether anyone knows a good way to get a single TeX
# >equation as a piece of embedded PDF?  I'm envisioning a package that works

[snip]

#  Let me add some thoughts to my first mail to this problem: One can 
#  produce arbitrary many  formulas in one latex document, e.g.
#  

[snip]

#  
#  After the first run of the document a file myname.mp is created which 
#  one has to transform via the terminal using the command
#  
#  mpost myname
#  
#  After the second run of the document the file myname.pdf contains all 
#  formulas. One can then open this file with Adobe Illustrator, copy 
#  each formula separately, and save each of the formulas as an .eps 
#  file which can either be used independently or can be transformed 
#  with epstopdf to an embedded pdf file that can be read in via an 
#  \includegraphics command.

The use of Illustator is a bit tricky here: I don't have that program.

Here's what I do, YMMV.

1) Create a latex file for each formula, e.g.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}
%% your style files, amsmath comes to mind
\pagestyle{empty}
\begin{document}

\begin{equation*}
2 + 2 = 5 \qquad\text{G. Orwell, 1984}
\end{equation

\end{document}

2) run file through normal latex
3) run dvi through dvips, with the following options:
   dvips -Ppdf -E -o formula.eps formula.dvi
4) run eps-file through the epstopdf script.
   epstopdf formula.eps

There you have it. The drawbacks are: only one formula per file, needs to use
the cmd-line. Advantage: no need for illustator.

Of course I assume you have teTeX installed and GhostScript. If you have other
tools, you may want to use those. If someone knows a way of skipping the latex
dvips step (i.e. an option for pdflatex to generate epdf directly, I'd like to
hear.

Maarten Sneep

>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
It's better to have something to remember than nothing to regret...
>>>-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Maarten Sneep
Atomic- and Laser Physics group
vrije Universiteit, amsterdam
The Netherlands

-----------------------------------------------------------------
To UNSUBSCRIBE, send email to <info at email.esm.psu.edu> with
"unsubscribe macosx-tex" (no quotes) in the body.
For additional HELP, send email to <info at email.esm.psu.edu> with
"help" (no quotes) in the body.
This list is not moderated, and I am not responsible for
messages posted by third parties.
-----------------------------------------------------------------